• DOI:10.1146/ANNUREV.SOC.23.1.191
Corpus ID: 14439597

Sociological rational choice theory

@article{Hechter1997SociologicalRC,
  title={Sociological rational choice theory},
  author={M. Hechter and S. Kanazawa},
  journal={Review of Sociology},
  year={1997},
  volume={23},
  pages={191-214}
}

M. Hechter, S. Kanazawa

Published 1997

Sociology

Review of Sociology

Although rational choice theory has made considerable advances in other social sciences, its progress in sociology has been limited. Some sociologists' reservations about rational choice arise from a misunderstanding of the theory. The first part of this essay therefore introduces rational choice as a general theoretical perspective, or family of theories, which explains social outcomes by constructing models of individual action and social context. “Thin” models of individual action are mute… CONTINUE READING

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